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Bridgestones picked for OE on Lexus LFA
Added: 10 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. said it has begun supplying its high performance Po…

Report looks at tyre manufacture in US
Added: 10 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US has published a new report titled, Ti…

DP Seals invests to support aerospace customers
Added: 7 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Rubber manufacturer DP Seals has invested in new equipment and a new producti…

NR prices continue to test all-time highs
Added: 7 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Prices of natural rubber around the world are still on the rise. IRC…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 Jan 2011)
Added: 7 Jan 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

Fujian Province exported 32 million tyres for $14 each - report
Added: 7 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing -- Chinese press reports, quoting customs declarations say that China'…

SPC recruits Honda's quality expert
Added: 7 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Trowbridge, UK -- SPC Europe Ltd has strengthened its management team with the…

IISRP recruits two Associates
Added: 7 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber
Producers, In…

NR rise continues: now at yen 440 in Tokyo
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Prices of natural rubber around the world are still on the rise.The …

News from elsewhere on the web (06 Jan 2011)
Added: 6 Jan 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

ACS reports on studded tyre health issues
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- Scientists are reporting new evidence on how studded tyres may dam…

Why rubber bands get shorter when you heat them
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A website called Kitchen Science Experiments shows amateur scientist…

Analysts report more investment in synthetic rubber plants
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sugar land, Texas -- Analysts Industrial Info Resources say that synthetic rub…

Qi Xiang to build Nd-BR plant in China - reports
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- A series of Chinese language reports suggest that two companies a…

Is Firestone leaving IndyCar competition?
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AW)
Detroit, Michigan -- The Firestone brand's return to the Izod IndyCar Series m…

US car sales expected to hit 13 million
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Detroit, Michigan -- Auto makers Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are for…

Lewis-Goetz buys two US distributors
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Lewis-Goetz and Co. Inc. has acquired most of th…

DKNY links with Veuve Clicquot to make upmarket wellies
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- High fashion chain DKNY has introduced a pair of upmarket rubber b…

Tokai names Masayuki as research director
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Tokai Rubber Industries has promoted Hibi Masayuki to the post of Man…

Caterpillar wins zero waste rating at UK sites
Added: 6 Jan 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Peoria, Illinois -- Two UK-based facilities of the caterpillar organisation ha…